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Death Notification

The following information resources may offer victim assistance information, research findings, educational materials, or strategies for program and policy development specific to this topic. A general listing of all OVC publications is also available.

Trauma, Death, and Death Notification: A Seminar for Professional Counselors and Victim Advocates (1996)
This OVC document (NCJ 162360) contains guidelines on trauma and death notification developed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving as part of a seminar for professional counselors and victim advocates. It includes guidance on planning a trauma, death, and death notification seminar for professional counselors and victim advocates and addresses crisis responder stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and secondary traumatization. The curriculum may be particularly useful for mental health counselors and victim advocates.


This document was last updated on May 30, 2008